CAREGIVERS HOLD VIGIL AT GOVERNOR'S HOMES

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East County News Service

February 27, 2015 (San Diego) Caregivers from San Diego are heading to Sacramento this week to join a vigil outside Governor Jerry Brown’s home in Sacramento. The caregivers, who provide in-home support for elderly Californians and people with disabilities, are calling on Gov. Brown to treat their work equally under the law and provide the overtime pay that was promised as part of last year’s budget deal. A similar vigil is also planned at the Governor’s residence in Oakland.

As part of the 2014-15 budget agreement, Governor Brown agreed to implement new federal rules that brought in-home care under the Federal Labor Standards Act after 70 years of unfair exclusion. The labor protections were supposed to start on January 1st, but now Gov. Brown is citing an out-of-state lawsuit as a reason to not fulfill commitment to give caregivers the same overtime protection as other workers.

United Domestic Workers of America announced plans to hold a send-off event in San Diego Wednseday morning, joined by the Alliance of San Diego, San Diego County Central Labor Council, and Rabbi Laurie Coskey of Interfaith Worker Justice.

A press release issued by organizers states that caregivers, who are predominantly women and people of color, “will not relent in their efforts for justice because each day without the fair pay they were promised is adding to the financial hardship of San Diego working families.”

 

 


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